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A Patient with a Recent Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Has

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A patient with a recent severe traumatic brain injury has no purposive cognitive or communicative engagement but occasionally smiles or cries.What is the MOST appropriate classification of altered state of consciousness if the patient manages basic cardiorespiratory and homeostatic functions,tracking some of the physical therapist's movements in the room,but is not able to reliably execute purposive movement of muscle groups?


A) Minimally conscious state
B) Comatose state
C) Vegetative state
D) Cortical reactivation state

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